The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is seeking additional public input about forest management and restoration of woodland species such as grouse.

A recent series of public meetings on the topic included a survey for attendees to complete afterward. The department has placed this survey online to gather more input from those who were not able to attend the public sessions. The survey is located at http://fw.ky.gov/Hunt/Pages/GrouseInput.aspx.

With the low prices of corn and soybeans, associated with high land rent and other high production costs, grain farmers are looking to cut production costs.

According to Chad Lee, UK Extension grain specialist, there are at least two primary things farmers need to do. The first is to use appropriate soil-applied fertilizers based on soil tests, and the second is to use highly effective weed control, which probably includes a soil residual herbicide.

The 4-H Speech and Demonstration Contests will be held in April. Both contests provide participants with the opportunity to develop their communication skills. Participants must register by calling 270-358-3401 by Friday, April 3.

4-Hers may participate in both the speech and demonstration categories, if they wish.

Researchers recently captured a golden eagle in the Bernheim Forest in Bullitt and Nelson counties and fitted it with a tracking device as part of an ongoing research project. Golden eagles are seldom seen in Kentucky.

For the third year in a row, the world will have a front-row seat to a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, 300 feet up a smoke stack at the Mill Creek power plant in Louisville.

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources the state's first peregrine falcon web cam inside the nest box in 2013. It's drawn nearly 200,000 viewers, and about 15,000 so far this year, LG&E said on Monday.

One way a beef producer can increase net income is to improve herd genetics through individual bull selection. A beef producer should assess four primary characteristics for a herd bull when considering a purchase. These are reproductive soundness, structural soundness, and visual evaluation and performance characteristics.